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[133] Bob: Marx begins with the in depth analysis of the commodity. He evaluates it
with such ideas as value, use-value, and exchange-value. This seems to be
the starting point for his discussion of capitalism. On the other hand, the
usual economic approach is to discuss the scarcity goods that we each try to
get in order to meet our unlimited wants. The supply and demand is often the
first things we each would remember from our first economics class. Marx,
however, has a different approach, which seems to go a little bit deeper and
more specific. The commodity is something produced for sale or exchange. By
starting with commodities Marx is able to take a more in depth look than the
general economics approach. The commodity is what we use to try and satisfy
our unlimited wants. This want in turn gives the commodity use-value and
exchange-value. |
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